BROWSE
townland
An Chill Mhóir
genitive: na Cille Móire
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Kilmore
(English)

Glossary

English church
English great, big

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the big church
    An Chill Mhóir — foirm chalctha den tuiseal tabharthach de An Chill Mhór.
    Cill Mhór Ó Ruisín, 'the big church of Uí Ruisín (ainm treabhchais)', an tseanfhoirm fhada atá le feiscint san fhianaise anuas go dtí 1633.
    Pléitear an logainm seo go mion in Logainmneacha na hÉireann II, 174–6

  • English

    the big church
    An Chill Mhóir — petrified form of the dative case of An Chill Mhór.
    The longer form seen in the evidence down to 1633 is Cill Mhór Ó Ruisín, 'the big church of Uí Ruisín (sept-name)'.
    This placename is discussed in detail in Logainmneacha na hÉireann II, 174–6

  • English

    the big wood

Centrepoint

52.4006, -7.66138latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Archival records

scanned imagescanned image

Historical references

n/a
Nóta
n/a
Russ, Ross CGH + O 'Brien
Nóta
n/a
Cill Mhór
PN Decies Leathanach: 278
1260
Kilmororussia
Pont. Hib. Leathanach: II.299
1333
Kilmore
COD Leathanach: I. 275
1494
Kilmororussyn
COD Leathanach: III. 278
1547-1553
Kilmore Orusshin
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: I.53
1570
Kylmore
COD Leathanach: V. 169
1575
Kilmore
COD Leathanach: V. 270
1593
Kilmore O'Russhing
COD Leathanach: VI. 59
1601
Kilmore O'Russhin
COD Leathanach: 191
1608
Kilmore O'Rushyn
CPR Leathanach: 119
1633
Killmore O Russine
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: II. 107
1633
Kilmore O Russine
Inq.(TÁ) Leathanach: II. 129
1654
Killmore
CS I Leathanach: 295, 291, 293
1654
Kilmore
CS I Leathanach: 290, 295
1657
Killmore
DS
1659
Killmore
Cen. Leathanach: 314
c.1660
Killmore
BSD (TÁ) Leathanach: 129
1665-1666
Kyllmore
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 29
1666-1667
Killonore
HMR (TÁ) Leathanach: 79
1685
Killmore
Hib. Del.
1840
Kilmore
AL
1840
Cill mhóir
OC:AL
1840
cill mhóir
pl:AL
1840
There was a church here but no old church or burial ground
pl:AL
1989
ˌkilˈmoːr
Áit.
1989
ˌskɑʧˈroːd, ˌskɑtsˈroːd
an cainteoir céanna; ainm eile ar bf na Cille Móire;
Áit.

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm